marburg disease

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Definition of marburg disease in English English dictionary

A viral infection characterised by a high fever, encephalitis, diarrhea, vomiting, and severe bleeding from bodily orifices, and which is often fatal

a viral disease of green monkeys caused by the Marburg virus; when transmitted to humans it causes serious or fatal illness

Hyphenation

Mar·burg dis·ease

Synonyms

green monkey disease, marburg fever, marburg hemorrhagic fever, marburg virus disease